…how nurses can take care of themselves whilst handling trauma situations and empower themselves to better meet the challenges of trauma care and healing...

…to sensitize, enrich, encourage and empower nurses in Mumbai — to reach out to the ever-demanding global needs…. helped to realize their nursing potential to contribute to the growing needs of our ‘Global Village.’

Nurses responding to the needs of trauma and grief…

This collaboration was marked with a morning seminar which was opened by Mrs. Manjrekar introducing Dr. Shaw as the guest speaker. Dr. Shaw began the seminar by addressing the participating nurses on the subject of ‘Trauma & Healing’ — which enlightened them on Trauma’s phases and the effects. Dr. Shaw’s was a nursing perspective on the subject — projected her multi-dimensional approach — whilst dealing with both trauma and grief. She also emphasized on how nurses can and should take care of themselves whilst handling trauma situations and, thus, empower themselves to meet the challenges of Trauma Care. The experiences she cited and shared — during the course of the seminar — had a catalytic effect on participants — assisting them to become better nurses in Trauma’s care and healing.

Connecting nurses with the United Nations’ Millennium & Sustainable Development Goals…

The morning session was followed by lunch featuring Indian cuisine spread for the nursing delegates who were invited to participate in the seminar. After lunch, the second session saw Dr. Shaw elaborating on the United Nations Family of Organizations working worldwide. The aim of this session was to sensitize, enrich, encourage and empower nurses in Mumbai — to reach out to ever-demanding Global needs. As Dr. Shaw spoke about the UN’s Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals, participants were helped to realize their potential to contribute to the growing needs of our ‘Global Village.’

The programme concluded by felicitation of Dr. Holly Shaw by Mrs. Phalakshi Manjrekar, following a proposed ‘Vote of Thanks.’ As the event concluded, the delegates parted ways — promising to rejoin in such endeavours in the future, bringing them together again — collaborating to address global health and social issues of concern. This collaboration builds on the work of Mrs. Manjrekar and her staff as they teamed-up — in 2013 — to develop a Maternal Health Research study in the rural outskirts of Mumbai. In 2007, Mrs. Manjrekar was one of the first nursing leaders — from across India — to introduce NIGH and the ‘Nightingale Declaration for a Healthy World’ to India and to the Trained Nurses Association of India, TNAI.

Nurses from across Mumbai and the Staff of the PD Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre. From Dr. Shaw’s Archives, used with permission.

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Visitors at the Mapparium in the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the site to launch Dr. Jean Watson's Million Nurse Project—during the 2010 International Year of the Nurse—to radiate heart-centered Love, Caring and Compassion through individual and collective global meditations. Photo Courtesy of the Mary Baker Eddy Library.